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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail does the narrator offer about the wholesaler that foreshadows his eventual disappearance?
(a) His business is newly established.
(b) He does not pay his bills on time.
(c) No one in Kyoto has heard of him before.
(d) He complains of large debts.

2. While Gohtaro is fumbling with the camera on page 34, what does Shuichi tell him he still needs to work on?
(a) His "poker face."
(b) His "slight of hand."
(c) His "endgame."
(d) His "closing skills."

3. When Gohtaro was originally in the café, twenty-two years ago, what did he notice about the person sitting in the ghost chair?
(a) The man was weeping quietly the entire time Gohtaro was in the café.
(b) The man seemed to be talking to someone that Gohtaro could not see.
(c) The man looked like he had time-traveled from the 1920's.
(d) The man had spilled his coffee and was looking around for help.

4. What does Kazu ask Yukio just before she pours the coffee?
(a) She asks him to reconcile with his sister.
(b) She asks him to consider her feelings of responsibility for him.
(c) She asks him to pass on her regards to his mother.
(d) She asks him to forgive himself for missing the funeral.

5. Which is the best description of how Yukio feels when he returns to the present?
(a) Exhausted and drained.
(b) Irritable and embarrassed.
(c) Renewed and hopeful.
(d) Defeated and bewildered.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is in the past, what sound startles Yukio just as he is beginning to relax and feel sleepy?

2. What is Kyoko's younger brother's name?

3. Which is the best description of Kazu's appearance?

4. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?

5. What is the woman in white doing when Gohtaro is talking with Kyoko and Kazu?

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